Wow 🙏  what an intro 
this is magic already 🥰

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Extremely soothing and transcendental, all the way through but I feel at this part especially... nature, jazz, psychedelic sound? You’re onto something! Gratitude

Meditations

This set is a dive into Mexican and South American-Inspired rhythms and sounds. 

Move those hips
Let it flow 
Celebrate life
We are alive!

Spanish :: Latin Set | Hollywood Hills | 8/14/2021

I've been hesitant to share this publicly since I recorded it, because I know it's not for everyone. It is truly a sonic experiment that traverses a lot of vibrational terrain ... So I already know not everybody will vibe. 😅 Regardless, I had always told myself that it was only going to be for my ears & personal process, but it felt like the right time to make it public as we are currently in the depths of a Gemini New Moon portal. 🌑  A time for self-advocacy & path-forging. So, here we go. 

I originally recorded this as a means to process the death of my Father, and the near simultaneous birth of my Son, 2 months ago. The mythic-ness of the timing (or lack thereof) between these incredible life-events is something I could have never imagined would be possible, yet they both happened... and I was left in their wake to make sense of it all. There I sat in deep grief, accompanied by an almost overwhelming sense of joy.

In the sparse moments of free-time I was given after Rael was born, I found my fingers gravitating ... almost yearning towards specific sounds, tracks, and samples that truly seemed to resonate with what I was feeling. Lots of Jazz elements that might Father might've enjoyed in his younger years. Sounds ranging from the bold, experimental riffs of Sun Ra & his Arkestra all the way to the intricate, sometimes explosive compositions of King Crimson. 

There are obscurely minimal, yet melodic structures throughout, though they always find their resolution. I also utilized a good bit of manual pitch manipulation as a means to affect the overall emotional theme, which definitely causes certain tracks to become something else entirely. There are meditative, ambient spaces littered with symphonic over-tones that, at times, become encumbered by chaos & dissonance. The dissonance, I believe to be useful in that the energy of chaos is always followed by a release & surrender into stillness. So, somehow, if you are willing to ride it out, you can find yourself floating in a bed of feathers on the other-side of what might seem an unbearable experience. It's all purposeful.
Another piece to this set's curation is that, while it was coming together, I had envisioned a very intentional space within which it would be listened. A room full of candles ... or perhaps a crackling fire under a Full or New Moon, such as this one. A bowl of copal burning off to the side. A ceremonial circle of individuals gathered with the intention of healing, mending, and perhaps spelunking the depths of their psyche, aided by their medicine of choice. This set, of course, as the backdrop for the experience. 

Truly, it gets weird, and there is real opportunity to evoke the ancient, embodied-self. As the curator of this experience, I find within it ample opportunities for exploration of the mind, a disillusionment of self, and perhaps a re-imagining of one's own internal landscape. A re-visioning of what is possible to perceive as a human-being processing the shape of life. Maybe you'll find something different. Either way, I hope you enjoy the ride, and perhaps receive something of value from the journey. 

If you've taken the time to read this much, I assume you are a supporter of what I do ... and for that I am eternally, profoundly grateful. 🙏🏾

somewhere between the gates

Performed live during a Sol Dance at the Lake Claire Community Landtrust on a beautiful Summer day in Atlanta, GA. 

Enjoy with your hearts.

Sol Dance @ Lake Claire Community Landtrust - July 2022

Live set from Ecstatic Dance DC. 
A super potent journey of world music, acid house, global bass, hip hop. 
We dived deeeeep on this one.

Keena Maya: Ecstatic Dance Washington DC, February 2023

Such a delight to drop this set in my new neighborhood :)Had to include some absolute favorites in here ... and a buncha newnew too. 

More to come bb's! 

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Live @ Ecstatic Dance Nevada City 8.15.23

If you tune your ear you can hear, one by one, the little rhythmic taps of different elements aligning to guide you down a path. If you decide to follow it and enter this slow cadence, your shoulders will start to roll on their own, marking the precise times of different sounds between congas, bass, synthesizers and toms. 

On the way, Baru´s offering grows with guitar strings and tribal components. The mixtape plays with percussion and flirts with marimbas, inviting us to enjoy a jungle sound with African components. 

Si afinas el oído podrás escuchar como -uno a uno- los golpecitos rítmicos de diferentes elementos se alinean señalándote una ruta. Si decides seguirla y adentrarte en esta cadencia slow, tus hombros empezarán a remar solos marcando los tiempos claros de diferentes sonidos, entre ellos congas, cuicas , bajos, sintes y toms. 

Durante el camino, la propuesta de Baru se engruesa con cuerdas de guitarra y componentes tribales. Un mixtape que juega con percusiones y coquetea con marimbas, invitándonos a disfrutar de un sonido selvático con componentes africanos.

Artist :https://soundcloud.com/barubass
https://soundcloud.com/festivalnomade


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Baru Mixtape 025 - Festival Nomade

Recorded aboard the Icebreaker Sep 10, 2016, with some fiddling here and there after. 

Set In Sand - Passive Inner Fear Rinse
M.RUX - Nina’s Blues
Ibu Selva - Yaka
Morais Moeira - Desabafo e Desafio (j g b remix)
Luc Angenehm - Last
Fingers In The Noise - Hot Sand
EXZ & Dunwich - Gibbus
Herr Juri - North
Romare - Prison Blues
Crussen - The Lambert Interpretation (feat. Lambert)
Crussen - The Lambert Reinterpretation (feat. Lambert)
EXZ - Parsec
Tante Dante & Sebastian Dali - Creamy Sunset
Kurup - Forasteiro
Nico Stojan - Maori Girl
Viken Arman - Rosas
Kraut - Hermano
Carrot Green - Kalimbas
James Blake - Retrograde (Finn Pilly edit)
Spaniol - Praah co Poesia
Luc Angenehm - Mademoiselle
Gab Rhome - The Spice Trade (The Mekanism remix)
Jota Karloza - Ketzal
Geju - Farfalle Su Vacanza
Rodrigo Gallardo - Warmícaro
Gab Rhome - Raphael
Marius Drescher - Harmonics (Iorie Remix)
RLHBSLCN - Ziehesch

The Long Game (DJ mix)

Cabin Fever

When we spend time together
When we spend time together
When we spend time together
Hold me tight when we spend time together
Oh please don’t fight, feels so right
Feels so right when we spend time together

When we spend time together
Feels so right when we spend time together
Hold us tight when we spend time together
Let’s not fight when we spend time together
When we spend time together

When we spend time together
Let’s not fight when we spend time together
Hold us tight when we spend time together
Hold us tight

In in instant, closeness to closeness
Lilies on the tip of my tongue
Knew how’d this be before we begun
Aligned, curves, we’re yet to touch
We touch, curves, overflowing but it’s not too much
Overflowing but it’s not too much

When we spend time together
Let’s not fight, when we spend time together
Hold us tight, when we spend time together
Let’s not fight, when we spend time together

@nillocr is a producer and dj from San José, Costa Rica and founder of Random Collective Records, Radio Bemba & Programa Espacial Indígena Latinoamericano.
In his words:
“ I never considered my self as nothing else but a music enthusiast, a collector, deeply in love with tribal rhythmic patterns and old music, what I do in my songs and in the mixtapes I record is basically put together in one place all of these rare elements and bring them to a modern context, leaving behind all technical explanation this is just an expression of passion”

Nômade by Nillo

NO MAN'S LAND Playlist – November 28 + December 5, 2019

Tune in locally on CIUT 89.5 FM every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm (EST) and listen live online at www.ciut.fm

ARTIST - TRACK
Tool - Pneuma
Thankyou City - Analog Odyssey
Mose Robert - Observer Theory
Amentia - Cheyenne (Original Mix)	 
Oonga - El Caracol ft. Ana Arias (El Búho Reshik) 
Weela - Into The City (Original)
Dhafer Youssef - La Prière De L'absent (Keybe Remix)
Tinariwen - Wartilla (Raw Main Edit)
Shunus - Dohalla
Keybe - Mandore (Fulltone Remix)
Kaya Project - Five Plus Eight (Sysyphe Remix)
Portishead - Roads (Derrok Remix)
Vertex - Welcome to Serbia (Tebra Remix)	 
Kaöb - Lengai
AtYyA - Prioprioception (Living Light Remix)
Martins Garden & Yechidah - Venerem
Zen Baboon - Baby Boombay
El Buho - Mot Mot

No Man's Land

NO MAN'S LAND - November 28 + December 5 - Radio Mix 2019

An ambient experience featuring: Alberto Roman, Craig Canedy, Scott Buck, & Mia Azani

Artwork by Shana Robbins

May we all find our way through these transformational times 🙏🏾

Liminal Sustenance

Los Regalos (The Gifts)

This song is the first of a series of songs in honor and reverence of life. It came through to me in music first, and then in Spanish words. This life is so precious. Each moment a gift. My teachers are all around - the colors, the flavors, the trees and flowers. This song a deep bow to the beauty and miracle of ordinary life surrounding me. 

Lyrical translation:
The gifts 

My teachers of colors
My teachers of flavors 
Such gifts for the body
That illuminates within 
Such deep gifts 
That illuminate my world 

My teachers, the trees 
My teachers, the flowers 
What gifts of the Earth 
The healer teaches us 
These sacred gifts 
Of a connected world 

What a gifts it is to drink in life 
My songs are my blessings 
My songs are my blessings 

My teachers, the trees 
My teachers, the flowers 
What gifts of the Earth 
The healer teaches us 
These sacred gifts 
Of a connected world

Instrumentals - Scott Houston on the hand pan and whistling. https://soundcloud.com/sbhouston & www.thescotthouston.com 

Production, mixing and recording - Christopher Drummond of Sonic Ocean. www.sonic-ocean.com

Special thanks to Lewis Ray, vocal coach extraordinaire who helped liberate my voice.

Cover Art - "The Time Hoop", by Maya Lemberg

Mixed media collage and painting, this is a multidimensional medicine wheel incorporating both Native American and Pagan elements - 4 elements, 7 directions, and 8 quarters and cross quarters of the year. A Medicine Wheel is an instrument of understanding and navigating the cycles of time. Within the Wheel is a representation of the interconnectedness of humans and nature; the microcosm and macrocosm, as cycles and spirals of energy through time. It is a physical embodiment of our spiritual energy; an outward expression of our internal relationship with the Spirit of  all existence.

Los Regalos

In nearly 15 years of utilizing dance as a healing modality, Scott Houston has come to believe in the inherent wisdom of the body and the power of sound to move it. As an accredited 5Rhythms Teacher and seasoned host of Ecstatic Dance – Scott facilitates events that are an open path to healing through a communion with the embodied self.

As an Atlanta-based artist & DJ – Scott is regionally known for his residency with the chic underground music collective, Project B. and as such, has had the privilege of vibe-setting for a variety of International Artists including: Acid Pauli, Mihigh, Raresh, Paco Osuna, Stan Zeff, Afro Warriors, Tara Brooks & Yoko0. Scott is also a classically-trained musician of 25 years, a life-long dancer, devoted Husband & Father, performance artist, as well as Resident DJ & Co-Founder of Sol Dance alongside his partner, Maya.

Sonically, Scott delivers his sound as ritual for enthusiasts of the deep and sacred. Seamlessly weaving evocative, hypnotic soundscapes, alongside traditional ethno-medicine songs that have the capacity to transform darkness to light.

https://soldancemovement.com

somewhere between the gates

Scott Houston

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